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Moto G 5GPlus

PRICE 64GB, £250 (£300 inc VAT) from motorola.co.uk

Until now, even if you were lucky enough to live in one of the few 5G-enabled areas dotted around the UK, the entry fee into this brave, new world was off-putting. Only a handful of phones could access these faster data speeds and they tended to be flagship devices that cost the best part of £1,000.

It’s true that a few phones have tried to bring down the 5G network’s high barrier for entry since the tech was switched on last May. Samsung’s Galaxy A90 5G cost a more considerate £669 on release earlier this year, for instance. But it’s taken Motorola’s popular Moto G series to provide the real breakthrough: a 5G phone for £300. What’s the catch?

No 5G catch

As it turns out, there isn’t one – at least on paper. The Moto G 5G uses the new Snapdragon 765 chipset,

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